i have been called to serve a mission for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints for eighteen months in the nicaragua managua south mission. my family has agreed to post my weekly emails here, as well as any comments or posts they wish to add.

Monday, February 22, 2016

el 22 de Febrero

I will start off by saying sorry that you received lots of emails this week, but myldsmail supposedly freaked out. All is well in Zion, well almost.

This week was a long one, but mostly because we didn't have a normal schedule.

Monday we spent all day cleaning the house for interviews, and then Tuesday we

spent all afternoon in the Stake Center in Jinotepe waiting for interviews and things

of that sort. My interview was something that I needed to hear, and was a huge eye

opener to the things that I still have to change. Wednesday and Thursday were,

thankfully, normal, and Friday we spent a great part of the afternoon with our possibility

for this weekend, giving him the commandment download. Pray that Carlos stays strong

with his commitment to keep the Word of Wisdom, please?

I did not get transferred, but transfers aren't for a few more weeks. The day after Mom's

birthday will be the faithful day to know if I will be leaving El Rosario.

My companion continues to be having lots of health problems. Her stomach continues to

hurt, and her voice has completely disappearted. We (well, I) pray each time we pray

together that she gets better, knowing that the Lord will answer the humble servant's

prayer in his timing.

Our biggest success, is that we had a successful baptismal interview. We will have the

opportunity to help Carlos be baptized this Saturday, with the hopes of having another

as well. The Elders came and helped us (after getting semi-lost in the El Rosario Backwoods)

and failed several times to make contact while attempting to high five. I decided it was funny

enough to take a picture... Elder Sanchez is from El Salvador, and he's our District Leader.